Esko Mikkola

Esko Olavi Mikkola (born 14 February 1975 in Tampere) is a Finnish javelin thrower.Competing for the Arizona Wildcats track and field team, Mikkola won two NCAA DI javelin titles.[1][2] He won a silver medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu and finished eleventh at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.Esko was a research assistant at The University of Arizona, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and has published numerous papers in the fields of prognostic cells and radiation effects.As of spring 2008, Mikkola has completed his Ph.D. and has returned to Finland for the summer to concentrate on training for the 2008 Olympics.
TampereFinnishjavelin throwerArizona Wildcats track and fieldNCAA DI javelin2003 Summer Universiade2004 Olympic Games2005 World ChampionshipsFinlandUniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain75.30 mDaegu, South Korea75.82 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece79.43 mWorld ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland72.54 mWorld AthleticsIltalehti